Planet Sketch

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Planet Sketch is a television show airing on Teletoon, ABC Family, and the Latin American Cartoon Network, on Jetix in Scandinavia and Turkey, as well as CITV in Britain and coming soon to Toon Disney in the US ^{[citation needed]}. It is a 15-minute show, with each show featuring an assortment of sketches. It is produced by Aardman Studios.

[edit] Sketches

The show typically begins with a Nose Picker sketch, in which a girl pulls out an object from her nose. From then on, several sketches (typically one of each type of sketch) are then played out to fill the remainder of the show, culminating with the June Spume and Melville sketch, in which a girl by the name of June Spume uses her body parts to produce music, which accompanies the show's theme music as the show ends.

Other sketches on Planet Sketch include:

The Ninja Handyman, where the family resorts to the help of a ninja to solve everyday mundane problems (such as using a rolling pin to squeeze the last few dollops of toothpaste from its tube)
Japanese Fighting Fish, where three fish (claiming to be "real hard" Japanese fighting fish) make fun of another (typically much larger) fish that is cohabiting in the same tank, only for the other fish to retaliate in kind.
Parping Ponies, where a horse named Horace and his aunt tries to avoid embarrassment that usually results from Horace's flatulence problem.
Timbo and Mr. Hives, where a boy tries in vain to avoid his teddy bear, which he claims to have outgrown.
Napkin Squirrel, where a storyteller tells the story of a paper squirrel and what it considers fun -- those that use the squirrel as a napkin in any way are said to be "not fun at all".
Dr. Inosaur, a dinosaur doctor who tries to eat his patients.
Captain Gagtastic, where the namesake supervillain terrorizes a family by repeating bad jokes.
Rude Limerick Boy, where a boy shows up on stage to perform a limerick, in which the limerick's last word is typically unsuitable for the audience.
Mad Dad Scientist, where a father pretends to be a mad scientist about to finish an invention, only to be interrupted by his son, which at the same time reveals that the father was simply (incorrectly) repairing a common household item.
Gnaughty Gnomes, where a passerby is enamoured by a set of lawn gnomes, only to faint in shock when they discover that the gnomes are alive and acting in a typically destructive manner.
News Reporters, where news anchors Mike Today and Sally Van take shots at the opposite gender. At the end of the broadcast it is revealed that the two have a crush on each other.
Street Rappers, where a group of three street rappers do something in a manner that is completely different from their image (such as practicing ballet), only to be caught by an innocent bystander.
Why the dinosaurs died out, a humorous take on why dinosaurs became extinct "60 million years ago last Tuesday".